Karl-Siegmund Litzmann

Karl-Siegmund Litzmann (1 August 1893, in Minden, Westphalia – August 1945, in Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein) was the German General Commissioner for Generalbezirk Estland (Estonia) in the Reichskommissariat Ostland during the German occupation.[1]

Karl-Siegmund Litzmann

He was SA-Obergruppenführer and served from 5 December 1941 to 17 September 1944 in Tallinn (Reval). Karl-Siegmund Litzmann was the son of the general of the infantry Karl Litzmann and uncle of Walter Lehweß-Litzmann.[2]

In late 1944 he became an officer of the Waffen SS, and went missing after the fighting in Hungary and Bohemia in spring 1945.
Litzmann reappeared in May 1945 under a false name in Kappeln (Schleswig-Holstein) where his sister was living, but died there under unexplained circumstances as early as August 1945.

References
  1. "Estonica.org - The German occupation power in Estonia, 1941-44". www.estonica.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. "Estonian Commissar General is appointed | Histrodamus.ee". www.histrodamus.ee.
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